The county's health order and mask mandate, as well as 2022 budget prep, are among the items on the Saline County Commission agenda for Tuesday.
About the meeting
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday in room 107 of the City-County Building, 300 West Ash Street. A time for public comment is scheduled near the beginning of the meeting.
To participate in the meetings, citizens can attend in person or join the meeting using via Zoom. You can use the following Zoom link and put in the Meeting ID and passcode:
https://zoom.us/j/96835819901?pwd=bUEvaExUb2ppMEFaUnd6cUd6MmNMUT09
Meeting ID: 968 3581 9901
Passcode: 144636
Those who wish to speak using the Zoom link, either during the public forum or when the chairman requests public comment on an item must raise their hands so that the meeting host can allow them to speak.
People also can watch the meeting via the county's YouTube channel, on Salina Media Connection’s YouTube channel, or on Cox cable Channel 20.
Agenda items
Commissioners are scheduled to discuss with Jason Tiller, county health officer, both the county's mask mandate and Tiller's public health order.
The current mask mandate has been reviewed by the commissioners every two weeks to determine whether it needed to remain in place, be adjusted, or be rescinded. It became effective on Nov. 28, 2020.
Additionally, the public health order became effective Feb. 22 and is set to expire at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday unless it is extended, rescinded or modified prior to that time.
Commissioners also are scheduled to consider a request for a redeclaration of a state of local public health emergency connected to the COVID-19 pandemic. Commissioners last considered such a request from Michelle Barkley, emergency management director, on Jan. 11. That declaration was approved for 60 days.
These emergency declarations allow Saline County to submit resource requests to the State of Kansas, continue emergency sheltering, and track expenditures for reimbursement, according to information from the county.
Other items on the county agenda for Tuesday include the following.
●Commission direction for 2022 budget preparation -- County Administrator Phillip Smith-Hanes
●Consideration of changes to employee policies -- Marilyn Leamer, human resources director
●Hear a human resources update -- Leamer
●Hear the county administrator's weekly update --Smith-Hanes
To see the entire Saline County Commission meeting packet for Tuesday (29-page pdf), click here.